Hello & Welcome! :)
Today's the day! Please help me celebrate Quilting Gallery's 4th Birthday Celebration!
The official blog hop starts Saturday morning, shortly after midnight, eastern time. There are more than 200 bloggers registered from 20 countries . . . with each having their own give-away! Awesome! It's going to be so much FUN!!! :) Go to the official Blog Hop Party page to check out the list of all the bloggers participating after midnight tonight!
I am so happy to be participating in this Blog Hop Party Give-Away and the Giveaway Day 2011!
What's the Giveaway Day 2011? It's a day where many bloggers will be posting pictures of the items they're giving away with a link to the giveaway post! How awesome is that?!!! The link to this Giveaway Day 2011 will not be active until Monday, December 12. Be sure to go there then to check out all the giveaways! I'm very thankful to be participating in both of these giveaway hops! I want to take a minute to thank both the hosts! I couldn't help but participate in both of them! I also want to Thank You so much for visiting me! :)
I couldn't decide what I wanted to give away. Should I offer some fabric or a completed piece? Hmmmmm . . . I'm sure a lot of people will be offering fabric so I decided to offer one of my favorite pieces I completed this year . . .
Would you like to win this Snowman Mini Quilt? It's warm and comforting to help you get through all those cold winter nights. :) Since it's a snowman you can keep it up through January, here in the states anyway. Here's a view of the backing fabric . . .
And a close-up of the stitchery . . .
This mini quilt is approximately 17" x 17". The center redwork is loving hand-stitched. It's machine quilted and the binding's sewn on by hand. I hope you would like to add this to your holiday collection. :)
There are two chances to win!
First chance . . . Leave me a comment telling me if you're a follower, old or new! :)
Second chance . . . Leave me a separate comment telling me your favorite way to celebrate the Christmas holiday. :)
The give-away is open internationally. It will remain open until midnight, eastern time, Saturday, December 17th. I will choose a winner on Sunday, December 18th with help of the random number generator, and will email the winner and post it on my blog. If you are a no-reply blogger please post your email in your comment or you will be disqualified.
Good luck! :) Best wishes to you and yours this holiday season! Keep warm and keep safe! Thank you so much for visiting me and sharing in all my adventures!
Happy Holidays! :)
Until next time . . .
I love sing songs around the Christmas tree with only the tree lights on. That and reading Christmas books every night leading up to Christmas.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you..I am a follower
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas is spending it with my family...husband, sons,and grandchildren...it makes Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI love to celebrate with family! What else! I love the giant breakfast we make after we open presents!
ReplyDeleteI love the redwork! I have finished a snowman redwork piece myself but, alas, it is not yet either a pillow or quilt. My favorite part of Christmas is in the morn, everyone in their pjs, cup of cocoa or coffee in hand and stockings in lap.
ReplyDeleteps I am a follower
ReplyDeleteI am a follower - thanks for the chance to win -super cute little quilt!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have family nearby so every Christmas Day is just the four of us and quiet but every year we have a party on Boxing Day for my three best friends and their families and we have a ball. now the kids are teenagers and starting to include partners - cute!!
ReplyDeleteChristmas day is just our little family but Boxing day is open house!!
ReplyDeleteCherise - this is a lovely mini quilt.... what a great Christmas gift....
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog...
Hugz
... and for my other chance my favourite thing about Christmas is the ham... we always cook a nice big ham.... and then we have lots of nice leftover ham....
ReplyDeleteHugz
Hi Cherise, I am definitely a follower, the wall hanging is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite thing about Christmas is the atmosphere of excitement and anticipation!!
ReplyDeleteI am a happy follower. Thank you for the lovely give away.
ReplyDeleteI love sharing the day with family, sometimes in person and other times on the phone or using skype.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower via email.
ReplyDeleteJanet
My favourite things about Christmas are all of the decorations and gathering with friends and family.
ReplyDeleteJanet
Wow what a great giveaway. I am a follower now
ReplyDeleteLove just lazing around as i will be able to do this year as not working for 3 weeks...yay
ReplyDeleteA new follower who just adores snowmen stitchery. Judy C
ReplyDeleteWe do not have a Christmas dinner - rule at our house is that I get to enjoy Christmas along with everyone else. So we do our cooking the week before and everyone can just take care of themself and "graze" all day. Love it and would love to have this little quilt. Judy C
ReplyDeleteI am a follower!
ReplyDeleteI love to stick to traditions for Christmas and get out the photo albums and remember all the family members who are no longer with this. Remembering the good times and funny stories of each person gives me the warm fuzzies...:)
ReplyDeleteYou are one busy lady. I don't know how you manage to get all this crafty goodness done!!! Love the snowman and you are so generous to offer to give him away!
ReplyDeleteI am one of your happy followers! Always so much fun to see what you do next!
What a lovely snowman wallhanging! I love celebrating the holidays with get-togethers with family and friends. Had a lovely luncheon today with 10 ladies I taught with years ago. We belong to a book club. It's a delight spending time with them. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteLove your snowman! Great in those colours! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention that I am a new follower now. I love to bake cookies with the kids during this tim. We decorate every year gingerbreadcookies to give as gifts. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower. Can't believe you're giving away such a beautiful quilt. Thanks for the chance to win it.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is to get together with my family. We're scattered around the country so it's wonderful just to be together during the holidays. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute snowman.
ReplyDeleteI like to spend as much time as I can with my grandchildren.
I'm a follower now! Look forward to reading your great blog!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the holidays is spending Christmas Eve with friends. For 25 years we have had prime rib and shrimp and great company!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the holidays is watching my nieces and nephews open their gifts. I love to watch the enjoyment on small children's faces.
ReplyDeleteBird count about a week before Christmas, then Seniors and Volunteers Christmas dinner. Skiing in the moonlight, getting together with friends, and then the big frenetic couple of days with family. Thanks for a chance to win your gorgeous little quilt.
ReplyDeleteI am new follower and glad I found your blog.
ReplyDeleteyour snowman stitchery is beautiful and would be a wonderful addition to my snowmen collection!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of Christmas is when all the family gathers together for a mid-day dinner and exchange presents. Family is my 80yo mother down to her 5 great grand daughters and all in-between. This year I will get to watch the faces of 3 grandnieces having their first Christmas.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is waking up early and getting the video camera ready to catch the expression on my 4-year old son's face. Thanks for the chance to win your hand-made piece!
ReplyDeleteI am follower nr. 100. wow!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love cooking cakes and cookies at Holidays time. thank you for this chance. hugs
ReplyDeleteI would love to own your mini quilt!
ReplyDeleteI am a follower. =)
Favorite Christmas memories...Driving around town on Christmas Eve looking at all the houses lit up with lights. =)
ReplyDeleteI like to celebrate by going to my Mom's for a Christmas Eve sleepover with movies :)
ReplyDeleteNew follower!
ReplyDeleteThx for the chance to win ^^v
I will attend a party to exchange Christmas presents with my colleagues.
ReplyDeleteI love mini quilts and yours is adorable. Anytime I can spend extra time at the holidays with my family is great.
ReplyDeletemy favorite way to celebrate is by baking - beautiful work! i'd love to win!
ReplyDeleteim a new follower
ReplyDeletemy favourite way to spend xmas is at home with my dh and kids, drinking, eating, having fun, thanks for the giveaway, darling quilt
ReplyDeleteI now follow you via email. Adorable quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love to celebrate singing Christmas carols.
ReplyDeleteI love family tree trimming.
ReplyDeletenew follower. thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a follower but I LOVE your little quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful little quilt. I am a new follower
ReplyDeleteI love spending time with family over the holidays.
ReplyDeletelove redwork! your stitchery in the closeup is so fine!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower, I love redwork and love making cookies and having family and friends over for christmas
ReplyDeletenew follower. What a lovely quilt!!!
ReplyDeleteI am missing my girls being little and helping me bake cookies this time of year...
ReplyDeleteLove the little quilt. Love to back during the holidays. My son, my favorite helper is living away.Hope to see him soon.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! We love to bake cookies at Christmastime!
ReplyDeleteI Love Christmas lights
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet stitchery! I love listening to the Christmas music.
ReplyDeleteI am your newest follower.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower! LOVE that quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love getting together with family on Christmas eve for a soup supper and playing games until midnight.
ReplyDeletei love reading Christmas stories with my kids.
ReplyDeleteNew follower. I just love your mini quilt, it is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteVery cute little quilt! I did a mini snowman qilt, too. I just love listening to Christmas music while baking cookies. THanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteJust started following you via email. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower and your wall hanging is so cute. I always put my snowmen decorations up in January. It seems so bare after all the CHristmas decorations.
ReplyDeleteWe always read the night before Christmas on Christmas eve.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is Christmas eve. My boys each open two gifts: a new pair of Christmas pj's and a new ornament for the tree. Then we read the story of the first Christmas together.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite way to spend time in Christmas holidays .? Just me, my two little girls and my husband with some lazy hours. Drinking hot chocolate, cooking, crafting.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am a new one.
ReplyDeleteI love baking christmas goodies!!
ReplyDeleteOhhh I'm addicted to snowmen!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower <3
Beautiful quilt! My favorite tradition is to watch the grinch with my daughter on Christmas eve! <3
Thank you for the opportunity to win your giveaway! Happy Holidays to you and your family <3 xo
krencamp (at) gmail (dot) com
Also, my favorite way to celebrate the holidays is to go to the local church Christmas concerts! We must go to 10 of them every year and they are all sooooo wonderful and they collect for charities in the community I never knew existed. We get entertained, we give back, we feel warm and fuzzy!
ReplyDeleteSpending time with the family reading Christmas stories.
ReplyDeleteAmy
abcsemartin(at)yahoo(dot)com
I'm a new follower....would love to win your quilt.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to spend the holiday? Easy......with hubby, daughter and the grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteWe love to watch Christmas movies and listen to holiday music. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteNew follower!!
ReplyDeleteI like to stay home in front of the fire with all my family :)
ReplyDeleteOh heck yes, I'm a new follower! You bet!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to spend Christmas is simply time spent with family....though at some point I would love to get away and cruise somewhere warm!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing my family
ReplyDeletemy favourite way - I would love to try having all the relatives coming to me (but that's never going to happen) - is to spend it with the family even though it means driving the car do grandma on one day and to grandparents the other day ...
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower.
ReplyDeleteLisa Otis
lisa.otis6 at gmail dot com
my favorite way to celebrate Christmas:
ReplyDeletesinging songs and baking with my kids.
lisa.otis6 at gmail dot com
I’m now a follower!
ReplyDeleteCarol (NJ)
I love celebrating Christmas in the calm moments with family all together.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! I love embroidery accents on quilted pieces.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is Christmas Eve at church. We sing in the choir and it just warms my heart right up. J
Carol (NJ)
I'm a new follower!
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After 29 years of holidays at my home, I'm enjoying going to my daughter's home now and seeing how she has incorporated all of our traditions with her husband's and some of her own. I'm especially enjoying watching Christmas through a child's eyes again! The best part? No cleaning up! Woohoo!!!
ReplyDeletechristyd8@bellsouth.net
I am a new follower.
ReplyDeleteI love listening to Christmas music and watching Christmas programs at different churches.
ReplyDeleteI follow you! Thank you for a sweet giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI just like to spend the holidays with my family stress-free, peaceful and joyfully.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower! Love the Redwork!
ReplyDeletemy favorite way to spend the holiday is with family
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the holidays is opening the stockings on Christmas morning with family and a glass of Mimosa
ReplyDeleteI follow you!
ReplyDeleteashandgeoff (at) yahoo(dot)com
Christmas morning we have a candlelight breakfast.
ReplyDeleteashandgeoff(at)yahoo(dot)com
I am a new follower of your blog!
ReplyDeleteI love sharing Christmas with family.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite part of the holidays is... two weeks off work (I'm a teacher and I need the break!)
ReplyDeleteI love to bake special cookies and breads. We have done this as long as I can remember. I don't do as much as I used to, but it wouldn't be Christmas without those special homemade treats.
ReplyDeleteI just enjoy spending time with my family and friends.
ReplyDeleteI listen to Christmas carols when I'm out running errands
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower.
ReplyDeleteI am anew follower! Lilsis_75@Hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI bake for the holidays, and give the goodies to fundraisers for the less fortunate
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is with my family. I also love writing and receiving Christmas cards!
ReplyDeleteWe go out for breakfast on Christmas morning and leave a HUGE tip!
ReplyDeleteNew follower. Thanks for the cute giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love decorate my house with all Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower, and that is a wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeletebeth(dot)sebastian(at)gmail(dot)com
My favorite way to celebrate is to get together with lots of extended family and eat too much!
ReplyDeletebeth(dot)sebastian(at)gmail(dot)com
I am a NEW follower! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite ways to celebrate Christmas is to watch Christmas movies, wrap Christmas gifts, drink a hot chocolate, gather around the ones I love, go to Christmas parties, go to the Christmas Eve lighting service at church, and bake & eat, bake & eat! So much fun this time of the year! Hate to see it go by so quickly... cthompson4 (at)liberty (dot) edu
ReplyDeletei love watching the kids excitement christmas morning! tammieschafferATyahooDOTcom
ReplyDeleteI'm a (very) new follower. So happy to have found your blog through the SMS Giveaway day.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to spend Christmas is snuggled in with my little family and whatever other sailors we can scrounge up on base who don't have a place to go for Christmas or can't make it home for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteFavorite way is to spend time with family - playing boardgames, eating, and talking. Thanks for the giveaway! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWell this is just the cutest wall hanging ever! I LOVE your redwork(I'm a redwork fan!) and your quilting is just so pretty. I would LOVE to win this awesome prize!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance! :0)
I'm a new follower.
I love being able to get together with family members that we aren't able to see at other times of the year. There is nothing like family, even though ours is small. :0)
ReplyDeleteI love getting together with family, great giveaway, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am an old follower.....literally! Thanks a great giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteGood morning I found your beautiful blog today. I'm starting to do patchwork and would like to join your blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm from Brazil, see my handiwork.
http://tearpiaocupacional.blogspot.com/
I'm a follower!! ADORABLE finish - thanks for the chance!! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWe have a small family, but we still enjoy getting together to celebrate Christmas. One thing I do every year is after all the "work" is done, I sit down in front of the TV, watch "It's A Wonderful Life" and start a new stitching project, most often a Christmas ornament for the next year. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate the holidays is by eating my Aunt Patty's mashed potatoes! They're awesome!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is just to surround myself with family. Family is extremely important to me and I like to share in the celebration of Jesus' birth with my parents, in-laws, children and grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower!
ReplyDeleteI love to gather together with family and celebrate Jesus' birth!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous mini quilt you are giving away. Very generous. I head to my folks' to celebrate Christmas with my family, including two young nieces. They are *very* excited.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Pinnterest and I am very new.
ReplyDeleteBaking is my favorite X-mass fun. BTW, the quilt is very cheerful, I love it:-)
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ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful embroidery. I love being with family and friends at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great snowman quilt! You did an awesome job on it. I like to celebrate Christmas by getting together with family and friends I haven't seen in a long time!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!
Katina
kjkoukla(athotmail...
new follower :) raineoc@yahoo.com
ReplyDeletei like to celebrate the holidays sitting next to my tree drinking choco and watching funny movies :) raineoc@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteSpending Christmas Eve at my sisters with all the family and Christmas Day just lazing around and eating.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower, thanks for a great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate the holidays is low key with some good food and wine. I prefer a day without the chaos
ReplyDeleteMy fave is to spend Christmas with my big extended family playing games. I just love your quilt.
ReplyDeleteI like to bake up treats that we only have at Christmas. It makes it feel special when you have something different! Thanks for a chance to win this beautiful snowman mini quilt! :)
ReplyDeleteIm a new follower!!
ReplyDeleteI love holiday baking, it makes it so cheery and festive!
ReplyDeleteI love the church service on the first sunday of advent. It's a hanging of the greens service at night, when different families come forward and decorate the church. One of the first times of the season that the ol' carols are sung :) We really looked forward to it as kids!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower, and i think I detect some "jazz hands" on that snowman :)!!!
ReplyDeleteI love spending Christmas with my family, if the kids and grandkids are happy then so am I
ReplyDeleteI love spending the day with our kids in our new jammies and no rush to get 'ready' or get dressed!
ReplyDeleteThis little quilt is so beautiful wonder colors and cute little snow man!
I am a new follower and look forward to checking this blog out!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate the holidays is to get together with people who were my neighbors when I was little! Every year on the 23rd we have lunch together, we've been doing this since we were children and now we've got college aged kids so it's been a good long while! Thank you for the chance to win the pretty little quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous mini quilt! Please enter me in your drawing. I'm a new follower. :)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Tracy Screaming Sardine
Love the mini quilt snowman! I'm a new follower!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower... and I love your quilt! I know how much time goes into one, no matter what size, and yours is adorable!
ReplyDeletesoulrunner(at)hotmail(dot)ca
I love to celebrate Christmas at home with family.. no running around, just relaxing. :o)
ReplyDeletesoulrunner(at)hotmail(dot)ca
We enjoy celebrating Christmas with my in-laws on Christmas morning. The whole family goes there for brunch.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower!
ReplyDeleteThe best way to celebrate is not to expect things to go a certain way, and it's best not to expect family members to behave as you hope they would. Just enjoy the moments as they unfold and be thankful.
ReplyDeleteI follow! Love the embroidery!
ReplyDeleteI love to celebrate Christmas at my house with my grandchildren. When I put up the tree, I let them decorate it and we have a good time together. I love the little quilt. It's beautiful! Thank you for the giveaway. Joyce-ccarter13@windstream.net
ReplyDeleteLOVE the snowman mini-quilt!!! It's so pretty-- you're stitching is perfect! :-) I hope that I get lucky and win, because I love snowmen so much! I'm a new follower! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing about Christmas is the gatherings of family and friends-- we get to see people that we haven't seen all year, and everyone is so happy and full of good cheer! Christmas just seems to bring out the best in everyone! :-)
ReplyDeleteJust getting together with family is my favorite way to spend the holidays.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
My favorite way of celebrating the holiday is by making snowcream whenever it snows.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is having all the family meet for breakfast. Lots of good food and talking. Then we go to other family celebrations.
ReplyDeleteI love to spend it in very low key days with my family. Playing games, taking turns playing music on the piano, hopping in the hot tub, making big batches of not-fancy food... it's all perfection
ReplyDeleteI'm a brand new follower! Your redwork looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to celebrate Christmas is to just be with family at home. I don't really like all the running around and bustle of the season.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, gotta say it, your blog is so colorful and interesting! So happy to discover it! This year Christmas will be especially wonderful because I did the decorating and the shopping and so forth LAST month, and I am focusing on the spiritual "reason for the season". So much more peaceful and enjoyable! I plan to keep up this new tradition, to include having a very easy pick-up food kind of a day eating on Christmas, no muss, no fuss. This grandma has finally got it figured out! YAY!
ReplyDeleteI am now a follower too!
ReplyDeleteI'm you newest follower.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite way to enjoy Christmas is to get the family together. Christmas is all about sharing love.
ReplyDeleteI also love to decorate my house and make lots of delicious recipes.
Thank you for the chance to win such a wonderful prize.
ReplyDeleteKind regards from Germany.
Claudia
frauknopf@gmx.de
My favourite part of Christmas is visiting Father Christmas at Harrods with the children. (I get more excited than they do!) Merry christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteand I am now a follower too X
ReplyDeleteI'm following you.
ReplyDeleteI spend christmas with my family.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous mini quilt! I'm following via Google Reader!
ReplyDeleteLove snowman,lovely colors,thanks for chance to win it.Now I follow =o)WE love to decorate tree,watch holidays movies on tv and enjoy fireworks on New Year's eve.
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays!!
I would love to win this mini quilt. thank you for a great giveaway
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite way to celebrate the holiday is with lots of family around.
ReplyDeleteI love to open presents together, one at a time, to make the morning last as long as possible.
Thanks for offering this giveaway. Your work is beautiful.
i follow your blog
ReplyDeletei love spending christmas at home with my husband and daughter.
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